Reviews

  I bought Sugar and Snails a long time ago but then other books got in the way so I was delighted to get a reminder of it when it appeared on the list for Rosie’s Book Review team and, as I am a member of that team, I happily moved it up my reading […]

  There are several things you know you’re going to get when you read one of Terry Tyler’s books: a terrific story, interesting well-rounded characters and great writing. The Visitor is no exception. It is particularly interesting to read her books now, while living through a pandemic, because they touch on things that we can […]

  Black Entry is a fictionalised account of Project Tiger, the CIA’s clandestine efforts to penetrate North Vietnam with indigenous (largely South Vietnamese) agent teams in the early 1960’s. There is a main character by the name of Jay Laird, nicknamed Jayhawk by his friends, and there’s a small cast of other characters around him […]

  I read Mary Smith’s No More Mulberries earlier this year and thoroughly enjoyed it so I was eager to get to Donkey Boy and Other Stories to see if I’d enjoy her short stories as much. I was not disappointed. Donkey Boy is a beautifully written story, set in Pakistan, of Ali, an eleven-year-old […]

  I chose to read Creation as a member of Rosie’s Book Review Team and received a copy from the author although that doesn’t alter my review in any way. This book tells the tale of Odin waking up along with his two brothers, Vili and Vé, to find themselves Gods in a place that […]

    There is mystery after mystery in this Josie Jackson novel, the first, I believe, of a series. Who is the mysterious stranger in the lift? Why is estate agent Josie’s new client, Michael, so aloof? Why won’t her father talk to her direct? Josie has a rather privileged life living rent-free in the […]

  I chose to read Desire and Deceit as a member of Rosie’s Book Review Team and received a copy from the author but this has not affected my review in any way. It is 1868 and the inhabitants of London are suffering a heatwave. Detective Inspector Leo Stride and Detective Sergeant Jack Cully are […]

  I receive requests to review books periodically and usually my standard answer is that I don’t accept books to review (because I don’t) I simply review the books that I read (which I do). However, on this occasion I made an exception, because the blurb made me laugh, and if that does, well you’ve […]

  The final episode of this series is indeed full of secrets and Vaughan takes her time in revealing each and every one. The isle of Innishmahon is again at the mercy of the whims of nature and the several of the characters find themselves in the throes of romance. I like the fact Vaughan […]

  In the second part of this series we really get embedded with the inhabitants of Innishmahon and I love the characters Vaughan builds. My favourite, Miss Macready. Marianne has become part of the community and Vaughan has a brilliant way of writing so you can hear the Irish lilt as it’s spoken around her […]